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By:Fana Addis Ababa, April 22, 2019  –Ethiopia and Korea Eximbank have signed two concessional loan agreements amounting to 264 million US dollars. The first loan amounting to170 million US dollars will be used for the southern extension of the national electricity grid power transmission project. The second...

By: Brookings Institution The Red Sea has fast become an arena of new geopolitical intrigue, as engagement between Gulf and African states challenges old assumptions and erases boundaries. Expanding economic and strategic interests are driving unprecedented activity on both shores, while great powers pay increasing...

The Somaliland Civil Commission (CSC) and the Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs and Family (MESAF) opened a validation workshop for the National Employment Policy jointly developed by the two institutions and supported by the World Bank. CSC and MESAF have been lately working on developing...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopia and the State of Qatar have agreed to further strengthen cooperation on labor and social affairs. This has been underlined during a meeting between Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Ethiopia, Dr. Ergoge Tesfaye and Mr. Yousef bin Mohammed Al Othman Fakhroo, Minister...

By: AFP Sudan’s new army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Sunday that the military council he heads is committed to handing over power to civilians as demanded by thousands of demonstrators. “The council is committed to give power to (the) people,” Burhan said in...

By: Dr. David Kilcullen, the Brenthurst Foundation The city of Hargeisa, capital of the Republic of Somaliland, was almost completely destroyed by the Siad Barre regime in the late 1980s, as Somalia slipped into the state collapse that resulted in famine, clan violence, civil war,...

By Birhanu Fikade Saturday April 20, 2019 The United Arab Emirate (UAE) based multinational port and terminal operator, DP World, said that it has been closely following the privatization moves the Government of Ethiopia is considering; and currently, the state-owned operator is finalizing a feasibility studies...

Hargiesa: Today 18/4/2019, Somaliland journalist Association-SOLJA held ceremony for announcement of Somaliland national mechanisms for safety of journalists committee at Ambassador Hotel attended officials from government represented by Director General of Ministry of Information-Mukhtar Mohamed Ali, independent & public media representatives as well as...

The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has approved the appoint of the following three ministers: 1.Former Amhara regional State president Gedu Andargachew- appoints Minister of Foreign Affairs 2. Former Oromia Regional State president Lemma Megersa – Minister of Defense 3. Engineer Aish Mohammed- Minister of Urban...

BY:VOA UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. secretary-general has appointed special adviser Nicholas Haysom to support the African Union's mediation efforts in Sudan, where the military ousted longtime President Omar al-Bashir last week. "He is being put at disposal of the African Union, which we understand will be...